Security Engineer 2 - Cyber Threat Intelligence

Location: New York, New York, USA; hybrid workplace

Salary: $156,000–$195,000 USD per year, plus equity and possible variable compensation.

Company

Datadog provides a technology platform and operates security teams focused on protecting the company and its services.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain tooling for collecting, processing, analyzing, and disseminating cyber threat intelligence.
• Assess emerging vulnerabilities, threat activity, and security events to determine potential impact to Datadog.
• Conduct threat hunting and infrastructure analysis to identify adversary activity and improve defensive controls.
• Partner with detection and response teams to operationalize intelligence in detections, investigations, and response workflows.
• Coordinate with information-sharing communities and produce technical briefings, threat reports, and intelligence products.

Requirements

• Experience writing and presenting operational and technical intelligence for threat detection, response, and security stakeholders.
• Experience supporting investigations, improving response playbooks, and prioritizing detection opportunities using adversary TTPs.
• Familiarity with information-sharing communities and handling TLP-designated intelligence.
• Experience analyzing large-scale emerging threats, including supply chain compromises, industry-wide campaigns, and newly disclosed vulnerabilities.
• Proficiency in software development, scripting, and threat intelligence tooling automation.
• Eligibility for any authorizations required by the US government under US export control regulations may be required.

Nice to have

• Experience presenting at security conferences or publishing threat research.
• Experience with reverse engineering and static or dynamic analysis of Linux and macOS malware.
• Experience tracking cloud-native cybercrime and nation-state threat actors.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workplace supporting office collaboration and work-life harmony.
• Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan and company match.
• Paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and discounted employee stock purchase plan.
• Competitive equity package and possible variable compensation.